公开(公告)号：US20240007727A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-04

申请号：US18226418

申请日：2023-07-26

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Takeo AZUMA ,  Satoshi SATO ,  Nobuhiko WAKAI ,  Kohsuke YOSHIOKA ,  Noritaka SHIMIZU ,  Yoshinao KAWAI ,  Takaaki AMADA ,  Yoko KAWAI ,  Takeshi MURAI ,  Hiroki TAKEUCHI

IPC: H04N23/11 ,  G06T7/521 ,  H04N13/271 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G01S17/89

CPC classification number: H04N23/11 ,  G06T7/521 ,  H04N13/271 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G06T2207/10028

Abstract: A depth acquisition device includes memory and processor performing: acquiring, from the memory, intensities of infrared light emitted from a light source and measured by imaging with the infrared light reflected on a subject by pixels in an imaging element; generating a depth image by calculating a distance to the subject as a depth for each pixel based on an intensity received by the pixel; acquiring, from the memory, a visible light image generated by imaging, with visible light, a substantially same scene with a substantially same viewpoint and at a substantially same timing as those of imaging the infrared light image; detecting, from the visible light image, an edge region including an edge along a direction perpendicular to a direction of movement of the visible light image; and correcting, in the depth image, a depth of a target region corresponding to the edge region in the depth image.

公开(公告)号：US20200290633A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-17

申请号：US16815929

申请日：2020-03-11

Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yoshikazu NISHIKAWA ,  Yoshinao KAWAI

IPC: B60W50/04 ,  H04L12/40

Abstract: The master apparatus includes a communicator that transmits a command to the one or more slave apparatuses in the first communication method, and that transmits a trigger to the one or more slave apparatuses and receives data that is transmitted by the one or more slave apparatuses in response to the trigger in the second communication method, and a controller that controls the communicator during execution of the first communication method to read negotiation information that indicates conditions for the second communication method from a memory and to transmit the negotiation information to the one or more slave apparatuses, wherein upon completion of communication that satisfies the conditions after the first communication method is switched to the second communication method, the controller performs switching from the second communication method to the first communication method.

公开(公告)号：US20240303845A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US18668586

申请日：2024-05-20

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Satoshi SATO ,  Takeo AZUMA ,  Nobuhiko WAKAI ,  Kohsuke YOSHIOKA ,  Noritaka SHIMIZU ,  Yoshinao KAWAI ,  Takaaki AMADA ,  Yoko KAWAI ,  Takeshi MURAI ,  Hiroki TAKEUCHI

IPC: G06T7/55 ,  G01S17/48 ,  G06T7/521

CPC classification number: G06T7/55 ,  G01S17/48 ,  G06T7/521 ,  G06T2207/10028 ,  G06T2207/10048

Abstract: A depth acquisition device includes a memory and a processor. The processor performs: acquiring timing information indicating a timing at which a light source irradiates a subject with infrared light; acquiring, from the memory, an infrared light image generated by imaging a scene including the subject with the infrared light according to the timing indicated by the timing information; acquiring, from the memory, a visible light image generated by imaging a substantially same scene as the scene of the infrared light image, with visible light from a substantially same viewpoint as a viewpoint of imaging the infrared light image at a substantially same time as a time of imaging the infrared light image; detecting a flare region from the infrared light image; and estimating a depth of the flare region based on the infrared light image, the visible light image, and the flare region.

公开(公告)号：US20210142500A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US17152231

申请日：2021-01-19

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Takeo AZUMA ,  Satoshi SATO ,  Nobuhiko WAKAI ,  Kohsuke YOSHIOKA ,  Noritaka SHIMIZU ,  Yoshinao KAWAI ,  Takaaki AMADA ,  Yoko KAWAI ,  Takeshi MURAI ,  Hiroki TAKEUCHI

IPC: G06T7/586 ,  G06T7/536 ,  G06T7/593

Abstract: A depth acquisition device includes a memory and a processor performing: acquiring, from the memory, intensities of infrared light measured by imaging with infrared light emitted from a light source and reflected on a subject by pixels in an imaging element; generating a depth image by calculating the distance for each pixel based on the intensities; acquiring, from the memory, a visible light image generated by imaging, with visible light, the substantially same scene from the substantially same viewpoint at the substantially same timing as those of the infrared light image; detecting a lower reflection region showing an object having a lower reflectivity from the infrared light image in accordance with the infrared light image and the visible light image; correcting a corresponding lower reflection region in the depth image in accordance with the visible light image; and outputting the depth image with the corrected lower reflection region.

公开(公告)号：US20210142496A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US17157175

申请日：2021-01-25

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Satoshi SATO ,  Takeo AZUMA ,  Nobuhiko WAKAI ,  Kohsuke YOSHIOKA ,  Noritaka SHIMIZU ,  Yoshinao KAWAI ,  Takaaki AMADA ,  Yoko KAWAI ,  Takeshi MURAI ,  Hiroki TAKEUCHI

IPC: G06T7/521

Abstract: A depth acquisition device includes a memory and a processor. The processor performs; acquiring timing information indicating a timing at which a light source irradiates a subject with infrared light; acquiring an infrared light image stored in the memory, the infrared light image being generated by imaging a scene including the subject with the infrared light according to the timing indicated by the timing information; acquiring a visible light image stored in the memory, the visible light image being generated by imaging a substantially same scene as that of the infrared light image, with visible light from a substantially same viewpoint and at a substantially same imaging time of those of the infrared light image; detecting a dust region showing dust from the infrared light image; and estimating a depth of the dust region based on the infrared light image, the visible light image, and the dust region.

公开(公告)号：US20210150742A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-20

申请号：US17161060

申请日：2021-01-28

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Satoshi SATO ,  Takeo AZUMA ,  Nobuhiko WAKAI ,  Kohsuke YOSHIOKA ,  Noritaka SHIMIZU ,  Yoshinao KAWAI ,  Takaaki AMADA ,  Yoko KAWAI ,  Takeshi MURAI ,  Hiroki TAKEUCHI

IPC: G06T7/55 ,  G06T7/521 ,  G01S17/48

Abstract: A depth acquisition device includes a memory and a processor. The processor performs: acquiring timing information indicating a timing at which a light source irradiates a subject with infrared light; acquiring, from the memory, an infrared light image generated by imaging a scene including the subject with the infrared light according to the timing indicated by the timing information; acquiring, from the memory, a visible light image generated by imaging a substantially same scene as the scene of the infrared light image, with visible light from a substantially same viewpoint as a viewpoint of imaging the infrared light image at a substantially same time as a time of imaging the infrared light image; detecting a flare region from the infrared light image; and estimating a depth of the flare region based on the infrared light image, the visible light image, and the flare region.

公开(公告)号：US20230215029A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US18119443

申请日：2023-03-09

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Satoshi SATO ,  Takeo AZUMA ,  Nobuhiko WAKAI ,  Kohsuke YOSHIOKA ,  Noritaka SHIMIZU ,  Yoshinao KAWAI ,  Takaaki AMADA ,  Yoko KAWAI ,  Takeshi MURAI ,  Hiroki TAKEUCHI

IPC: G06T7/55 ,  G06T7/521 ,  G01S17/48

CPC classification number: G06T7/55 ,  G06T7/521 ,  G01S17/48 ,  G06T2207/10028 ,  G06T2207/10048

Abstract: A depth acquisition device includes a memory and a processor. The processor performs: acquiring timing information indicating a timing at which a light source irradiates a subject with infrared light; acquiring, from the memory, an infrared light image generated by imaging a scene including the subject with the infrared light according to the timing indicated by the timing information; acquiring, from the memory, a visible light image generated by imaging a substantially same scene as the scene of the infrared light image, with visible light from a substantially same viewpoint as a viewpoint of imaging the infrared light image at a substantially same time as a time of imaging the infrared light image; detecting a flare region from the infrared light image; and estimating a depth of the flare region based on the infrared light image, the visible light image, and the flare region.

公开(公告)号：US20210144314A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US17154533

申请日：2021-01-21

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Takeo AZUMA ,  Satoshi SATO ,  Nobuhiko WAKAI ,  Kohsuke YOSHIOKA ,  Noritaka SHIMIZU ,  Yoshinao KAWAI ,  Takaaki AMADA ,  Yoko KAWAI ,  Takeshi MURAI ,  Hiroki TAKEUCHI

IPC: H04N5/33 ,  H04N13/271 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G06T7/521

Abstract: A depth acquisition device includes memory and processor performing: acquiring, from the memory, intensities of infrared light emitted from a light source and measured by imaging with the infrared light reflected on a subject by pixels in an imaging element; generating a depth image by calculating a distance to the subject as a depth for each pixel based on an intensity received by the pixel; acquiring, from the memory, a visible light image generated by imaging, with visible light, a substantially same scene with a substantially same viewpoint and at a substantially same timing as those of imaging the infrared light image; detecting, from the visible light image, an edge region including an edge along a direction perpendicular to a direction of movement of the visible light image; and correcting, in the depth image, a depth of a target region corresponding to the edge region in the depth image.